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Cyberbullying: The Real and Present Danger
Introduction From time immemorial, human beings have tried, with varying degrees of success, to impose themselves on others, with a view to profit from the

Enhancing Productivity and Security: The Case for a Clean Desk Policy in Organizations
In a corporate world seemingly already overwhelmed with a variety of policies – HR, Safety, Infotech, HSE, to name just a few – it may

Exploring the Synergy: Big Data, AI, and the Human Interface
Think about the future and the John Lennon hit Imagine comes readily to mind. Though the iconic singer-songwriter alluded to a non-material world in the

The Dark Side of Technology: Deepfakes and their Threat to Cyber Security
Introduction In 2019, when the head of a UK energy firm (1) received an urgent call from the CEO of the company’s German headquarters, advising

Social Engineering at Work
In early 2020, when a manager in a bank in Hong Kong received a phone call from a director of a company he knew (1),

AI – The Twin-Edged Sword Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity
Almost all new inventions that promise to revolutionize a field or remedy a despairing situation are fraught with dangers that bear examination. Take the case

Calls for Greater Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Regulation Gain Momentum
As the Russian-Ukraine conflict enters its second year, the cybersecurity industry will recall the signing of the March 22, 2022, cyber incident reporting law by

Why Cyber Insurance is Changing the Cybersecurity Landscape
Introduction The growing trend of remote work across various industries, coupled with advancements in technology such as IoT, 5G, and metaverse, has elevated the significance

Challenges for Cybersecurity in a World of Quantum Computers
In the 2013 documentary Taming the Quantum World (1), physicists in the Canary Islands are working on a project to build a quantum computer by

The In and Out of Insider Threats
The In and Out of Insider Threats ‘Trust no one, verify everyone’ is a mantra commonly referred to when speaking about Zero Trust Architecture (1).

The Endless Need for Employee Education and Awareness in Cybersecurity
When employees of tech giants Google and Facebook, arguably amongst the most inviolable when it comes to scamming and certainly amongst the most updated when

Attacks on Critical Infrastructure – An Uphill Battle
In May 2021 when the gasoline supplies to the East Coast of the US went down as a consequence of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack,

State-Sponsored Cyber Terrorism: A Harbinger of Things to Come
Introduction In the beginning, there was Stuxnet. The year was 2010, and the world had not yet encountered a cyberweapon. Stuxnet, a computer worm unleashed

Dark Data: What It Is and Why It Need Not Be So Dark After All
There is an ominous ring to the word ‘dark’. The words dark web, dark matter, and dark night, to name just a few, evoke feelings

The Role of Automation in Cybersecurity
In the not-so-distant past, it was the done thing for Security Operating Centers (SOC) to manually address data breaches. Cyberattacks today however are so frequent,

Mobile Is the New Target
It’s safe to say that the future of computers and communication lies not in the conventional desktop, but with mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, and